The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
6:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 459
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 1.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.25° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.